Ircii version 20081115 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 20081115

      View the most recent changes for the ircii port at: ircii.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for ircii.
      The raw portfile for ircii 20081115 is located here:
      http://ircii.darwinports.com/dports/irc/ircii/Portfile
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      The ircii Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: ircii
      Version: 20081115
      Category: irc
      Maintainers: jwa openmaintainer
      Description: an IRC and ICB client
      Long Description: The ircII program is a full screen, termcap based interface to Internet Relay Chat. It gives full access to all of the normal IRC functions, plus a variety of additional options.
      Homepage: http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/
      Platform: darwin

      Master Sites: ftp://ircii.warped.com/pub/ircII/ ftp://ircftp.au.eterna.com.au/pub/ircII/ ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/clients/unix/ircII/ ftp://ftp.sergei.cc/pub/ircII/ http://ftp.sergei.cc/pub/ircII/
      use_bzip2 yes
      Checksums: md5 128c435fcc0d6ad55d7319058ee578a0 sha1 253f16e734483eda484f6d629d2a5858aded6a6e rmd160 78b83979e52c99f5b95302cce743ef0f622bcbb0

      configure.env COPY_DIRECTORY=tar
      configure.args --with-default-server=irc.freenode.net --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --enable-ipv6

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex current release is ircII (\[0-9\]+)

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/ircii
      % sudo port install ircii
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching ircii
      ---> Verifying checksum for ircii
      ---> Extracting ircii
      ---> Configuring ircii
      ---> Building ircii with target all
      ---> Staging ircii into destroot
      ---> Installing ircii
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using ircii with these commands:
      %  man ircii
      % apropos ircii
      % which ircii
      % locate ircii

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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